William Shenstone Quotes

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

If you have doubt about a person's humility or smarts, don't ignore it. More often than not, there is something causing that doubt.

Somebody told me a long time ago that if everybody loves you, somebody's lying. It is the truest statement you could ever say to somebody.

I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.

Every man needs a blind eye and a deaf ear, so when people applaud, you'll only hear half of it, and when people salute, you'll only see part of it. Believe only half the praise and half the criticism.

A new study found that most people can't go 10 minutes without lying. But since the study took 20 minutes nobody knows what to believe.

For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.

Wherever you go you will find people lying to you, and as your awareness grows, you will notice that you also lie to yourself. Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves. You have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you.

How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness!

Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.

I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.

Man is bound to lie about himself

I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

I'm simply trying to tell the truth about human behaviour as I see it.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I have learned the hard way to mind my business, without judging who people are and what they do. I am more troubled by the lack of space being provided for the truth to unfold. Humans cannot seem to wait for or honor the truth. Instead, we make it up based on who we believe people should or should not be.

You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.

Not every time there's a disagreement is somebody lying.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.